Definition: This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
See also: Infant mortality rate mapRelated News
Child Marriage Rates Associated With Maternal Mortality
India-West - 6/19/2013 7:48:41 PM
... marriage is defined as the marriage of girls age 17 and younger. Although the practice has generally declined in recent years, it remains relatively common in regions like South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where up to 70 percent of females in some ...
Group targets infant mortality
Cincinnati.com - 6/14/2013 7:44:28 AM
For a city and county containing a wealth of world-class medical care and well-heeled social service agencies, Cincinnati and Hamilton County’s infant mortality rates remain stubbornly high, well above the national average. On Thursday ...
PM for reducing maternal and infant mortality
dhakatribune.com - 6/19/2013 7:17:04 AM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday emphasised bringing down the maternal and infant mortality ... in reducing the child mortality rate and providing healthcare services using information technology. The country was also given ‘Global ...
Infant mortality rate goes up in GB Nagar
Hindustan Times - 6/6/2013 5:12:18 PM
Despite being one of the fastest growing cities of the country, Noida lags behind its neighbouring districts on infant and neo-natal mortality rates. The infant mortality rate (IMR) in Gautam Budh Nagar district (of which Noida is a part) has gone up ...
Cardboard boxes: How Finland achieved one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world
Deseret News - 6/10/2013 9:32:25 PM
For the past 75 years, Finland has provided expectant women with a sort of ... With the mattress in the bottom, the box becomes the baby's first bed. Many children, from all social backgrounds, have their first naps within the safety of the box's four ...
Romania has the highest infant mortality rate in the European Union
balkans.com - 6/13/2013 7:02:42 AM
According to doctors, one third of these deaths may be prevented through the development of mother and infant support programmes ... from across the country have become involved in this campaign to reduce child death rates. At the end of the programme ...
Access to Health Care among Thailand's Poor Reduces Infant Mortality
Med India - 6/6/2013 5:48:06 PM
Before the 30 Baht Program, poor provinces had higher infant mortality rates, but after the program was implemented ... the fact that the most common causes of infant mortality in the world are from treatable diseases, such as dehydration associated ...
Cardboard Boxes Have Helped Finland Reduce Infant Mortality Rates
Med India - 6/7/2013 4:49:39 PM
A tradition that started in the 1930s may have helped Finland achieve one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world. The Finnish state gives expectant mothers a cardboard box that is like a starter kit for infants and consists of clothes ...
Decreasing Infant Mortality In Memphis
WREG - 6/14/2013 3:44:05 PM
Because historically, we’ve had one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country! Here to talk about that, as well as a special Father’s Day project is Tammie Ritchey with the Med Foundation and Dr. Dhanireddy, who works with the Med’s most ...
Mexico finds breast-feeding woes as rate drops
Pioneer Press - 6/16/2013 4:57:28 AM
Experts call it a public health crisis for a country where millions still live in extreme ... Mexico has the highest infant mortality rate among the world's 40 largest economies. Between 2005 and 2010, breast cancer deaths increased twice as fast as ...
We’ve achieved remarkable decrease in maternal, infant mortality – Otumara
nationalmirroronline.net - 5/29/2013 2:34:10 AM
Deltans have been very happy and we have caused a remarkable decrease in maternal mortality, infant mortality and under-five mortality. The basic reason why maternal and infant mortality has been high in the country ... by the World Health Organisation ...
Khaled Hosseini: Afghanistan gains must not be lost
USA Today - 6/19/2013 8:31:38 PM
As U.S. prepares to withdraw troops, country's advances must not be used as bargaining chips during peace talks with Taliban. In between classes, girls play in the yard of their elementary school this spring in the northern Afghan city of Mazar ...
Infant mortality rate India's enduring shame
Deccan Herald - 6/13/2013 11:59:11 PM
The economic boom being experienced by India masks a shameful failure to control a shocking rate ... infant deaths among the country’s poorest. Over 400,000 newborns die within the first 24 hours of their birth every year, the highest anywhere in the ...
Health gap between countries narrowing - WHO statistics
ghananewsagency.org - 6/16/2013 1:32:51 PM
This was stated in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) 2013 statistics report, which was made available by Fadéla Chaib, Communications Officer of the body in Geneva and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Saturday. It highlighted how efforts to meet ...
Panel discussion: Health experts assess global immunization efforts
GlobalPost - 6/19/2013 7:48:41 PM
“One-fourth of child deaths today could be prevented with vaccines that already exist.” GAVI, a nonprofit organization that negotiates with drug companies to get reduced rates on vaccines for poor countries, has immunized more than 371 million children ...
